Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary may come across as close pals on screen, but behind the scenes is all as it seems? This Morning viewers aren’t convinced and instead believe things aren’t quite so cosy backstage. The presenters, who took over Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford’s Friday slot in 2021, are said to have an increasingly ‘strained’ relationship, something ITV has called ‘absolute nonsense’. But viewers claim to be picking up on a tense atmosphere between the duo, saying the pair have ‘no chemistry’ and are ‘tired of each other’. So what exactly is going on at This Morning?
Tension building
Rumours have been rife for a while – when the cameras are rolling, it’s all laughter and smiles between Alison, 48, and Dermot, 50, but according to insiders, it’s a different story backstage. ‘Alison and Dermot got off to a tricky start,’ one source said. ‘They had very different levels of experience and came from totally different places but they then did start to rub along quite nicely.’ They added, ‘Recently though things have become strained… [bosses] fear that this couple they put together, which they had hoped would carry the show through the tough times it is enduring, may have to present apart a bit more.’
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